Foreign relations of the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a Central European country, a member of the European Union, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the United Nations (and all of its main specialized agencies and boards).

It entertains diplomatic relations with 191 countries of the world, around half of which maintain a resident embassy in the Czech capital city, Prague.

The Czech Republic insisted that it could not acknowledge or be responsible for claims going back to before February 1948, when the Communists had seized power.

[2][3] In February 2007, the US started formal negotiations with Czech Republic and Poland concerning construction of missile shield installations in those countries for a Ground-based Midcourse Defense System.

[6] The main government supporter Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs, used to be an ambassador to the USA.

Dutko's and its strategic partner AMI Communications (PR company) customers are Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Nortrop Grumman, which are largest contractors for NMD development.

[7][8] AMI Communications also received (without a formal selection procedure) a government contract to persuade Czechs to support US radar base.

List of countries which Czechia maintains diplomatic relations with: Czech Republic joined the European Union as a full member on 1 May 2004.

The Czech Republic has an embassy in Tel Aviv and 4 honorary consulates (in Eilat, Haifa, Jerusalem and Ramat Gan).

[118] In December 2008 the Czech Air Force wanted to train in desert conditions for the upcoming mission in Afghanistan.